The Living Campaign: A Guide For Creating & Maintaining Tabletop RPG Campaigns

The Living Campaign is a guide that is intended to facilitate long-term, open world, sandbox campaigns that maximize player agency while easing the burden on the Game Master, such that they might avoid the ever-present specter of burnout. This book aims to make these campaigns a replicable occurrence regardless of preferred core rules by providing a framework that can accommodate most d20 systems - like Dungeons & Dragons (any edition), Pathfinder (any edition), and other derivative rule-sets.The information contained within this book includes:- How to prepare to run a full sandbox campaign with full player agency- Which aspects of the game are important for player investment- Specific examples of how to adjudicate these rules around the table- How to conduct mass combat and administer player statecraft- An in-depth examination on why the above injunctions are sound additions to a Tabletop RPG CampaignJohn McGowan aims to provide new and experienced Game Masters alike a suite of tools that they can add to their toolbox and so that they can have a more fulfilling campaign both for their players and for themselves! Read more